The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-16
Through the Man Whs Is the
Embodiment OF Honesty
and Right.
COMPARISONS WHICH ARE obi.
Gus TO SENSIBLE PEOPLE.
Judge DuBOse and General Peters
Disclaim Connection With
the Matter.
HONEST MEN WHO HASTEN TO
PLACE THEMSELVES Alright.
Samples OF the Evidence on Which
the Indictments We're
Geturned.

II is not, in ordinary cases, wise
course 10 rush to the defense OF one
against whom no we'll founded sus-
picion rests. Neither Ia II always the
part OF wisdom to criticise or condemn
the parties who make 1t necessary TO
espouse one side or the other. The
six indictments return ed by the grand
Jury Saturday night Is no ordinary
affair, involving, as 1t does, a blow at
the present form Of government and
the man who has given bis undivided
time and attention TO public interests.
The fact was telegraphed far and wide
and read In every city and town OF any
importance at the same urit became
public here. Memphis Is a familiar
name to every reading man, woman
and child in the country,
made 30 by the fact that her govern
ment 10 the gratifying ou.gr0wth OF
the combined wisdom OF some of the
finest minds to be found anywhere.
Her Chief Executive stands today one
II the most famous men In the land,
because Of his unAwerving fidelity to
and eagle-eyed watchfulness of bis
charge. At home and abroad, among
representative people, never has q
question OF his integrity aud scrupu-
l0us honesty te,n raised. In some
instances he has aroused the bitter.
ness OF men engaged In monopolies,
between which and the great body OF
the people he has always firmly placed
himself as q breastwork against en-
croschment. So far as known, how
ever, these outgeBeraled monopolists
have only rebelled at the persistence
with which Mr.. Hadden held them in
check, without once stopping to i'm
pugn his honesty.
COMPARE THIS
with the men who returned the bills
and the methods which prevailed In
drawing out the evidence. IL Is we'll
established fact that an anonymous
letter was received by the original
grand jury Of the term just closed,
suggesting witnesses to be summoned
and the questions to be asked. 1t is
further known that the first jury, af,er
investigation, refused to countenance
the suggestions. Who was the author
OF this letter? That, too, Is known
James 4. Fogarty, q contractor, and
why2 That can be best answered by
Maj. Niles Meriwether, city engineer,
and possibly other city officials who
have some recollection OF q piece OF
work executed under contract by the
author.
Let an eligent and discrimi-
mating public analyzs the grand jury
whose names are signed 10 the
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men OF recognized intelligence
and worth as iLsns, and how
many OF them are evenLknown at all |
10 one In every 500 of the people Of |
the city ? p. G. Meath, foreman, is really
an intelligent old gentleman and a
contractor. He is better known than
all the. others combined. Joseph
Elliott, clerk, and rather we'll
known; W. A. Ammons, PROBES.
sional jurymsn. He had only been
on the jury three days. When asked
by Il reporter II he had heard the
evidence, he replied, with a shake of
the head, 81 heard enough" Ms.
Grant and ]. O. Moan had only
served during the closing day. Per.
haps they, too, had heard enough.
Strange that seven Of the other men,
bers had wfestled with the matter
since April 22d, and yet did not
consider the investigation complete.
Were the three latest acquisitions
to the body such phenomenons in the
way Of quick and grssping diecern-
ment that two or three days sufliced2 !
II lie unnecessary to go further in this
direction, only to state that msj0riSy
of the remaining ones are almost en-
tirely unknown, and the writer en-
phatically states that when scrutiniEed
by him Saturday night they were
new ones" on him,
GREEDY GANG.
OF all the sentiments heard yester.
day and they were many--not one
was free from The ouispoken belief
tia the whole business was prompted
and engineered by gang OF dis.
gruntled, sore headed ward politicians
and heir cAtellites. Since the over
throw of the old machinery this class
Of public hangers on have been pushed
to the wall for mainter auce, and never
let an opportunity slip to aim a
blow at the foundation Of the
present form. Under 1t they have 10
ceived no fat and easy Jobs, to which |
they were accustomed, and dteatis.
faction is but natural. II touched
their pockets and political influence,
and howl went up. Silently and
long they labored, until matters were
shaped to their liking, and now the
result is known,
wEo PROMPTED IT2
Judge DuBose remarked 10 the re-.
porter Saturday night that he had |
nothing to do with IL, and Attorney |
General Peters has maintained all |
along that he knew nothing of 1t. The |
latter official is legal adviser Of the |
grand jury, but it seems has been kept |
in ignorance. 1t is conceded that the |
judge visited the jury room on one oc.
cAsion, durin Z Gen. Peterss absence,in |
answer to re quest for definition Of
law points. Both these officials are
men Of undoubtgd veFaci y, aud 1t ap-
p, ars that the jury went into the In
vestigAtion on its own hook, 80 to
SPEAK, and with determine
ton to make IL warm for
some one. The questions were
all written, cut and dried, as II were
q least member OF the Jury so stated.
Judge DuBsse says Foreman Meath
oouducte the questioning In shtewd
manner firing at the witness first on
one extreme, then on the other, and
between the two found the point
aimed at. To NEST Of the queries q
simple ''yes" or mo" was required.
At least one witness refused to answer
in this manner, maintaining that I'M
less allowed to explain he would go to |
jail before answering at all.
II WAS NO sRCRKT.
The methods adopted by President
Hadden in conducting city stfaira
were not Of secret and gelh IN
character. OF their irregularity the
trial has to deal. HIS contract
with Mr., Larkin for $4,000 worth
nj At L a.